Chicken-feeding hopper



March 11, 1930. s. N. EBEL CHICKEN FEEDING HOPPER Filed May 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gwuenkoz 4 J W GHQ March 11, 1930. GM. EBEL 1,150,580

CHI CKEN FEEDING HOPPER Filed May 3, 92 Z'Sheets-Shet 2 31mm 51 W Patented Mar. 11, 1930 1,750,580.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GREGORY N. EBEL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA CHICKEN-FEEDING HOPPER Application filed May 3, 1929. Serial No. 360,254.

This invention relates to stock feeders and clined wall or bottom 2 at the lower end of especially to a poultry feeding device. which and a continuation of whiehis a verti- An object of this invention is to provide a cal septum 3 and another inclined bottom 6 poultry feeder of minimum cost and to so is inclined opposite to bottom 2. At the lower 5 construct the parts that a single part perend of wall 6 is an upwardly extending stop forms multiple functions and at the same wall 7 Below the wall 6 is a saving chamber time to provide a feeder in which there is a 4:. Substantially the entire front is formed minimum waste of food and especially to by a sliding door 9, which when in its lowerprovide against the loss of food by the tendmost position as shown in Figure 2 serves as ency of fowls to hoe the food with the a front closure for chamber 4 and when in bill and also to prevent the fowls from conits uppermost position serves as a closure for taminating the food with droppings and genthe feeding chamber as shown in Figure 3 erally to provide a device of this character and is held upward by a latch 8, the latch which not only saves in both the labor and 8 being duplicated on the opposite side and material of construction but also saves in the two latch members being pivotally mountthe labor and material in the feeding of the ed to the walls 15. Between the wall 7 and poultry and in the cleaning and care of the door 9 is an open space 16 or neck leading to d vi the chamber 4:. In vertical alignment with With the above and other objects in view, the wall 3 and extending upward to the cover I have invented the device illustrated in the 1 is a sliding and removable wall 5. When accompanying drawings, in which: food is poured into the top it strikes against Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device. the walls 16 and 2, and the door 5 when Figure 2 is a section at 22 Figure 1. used, and gravitates until stopped by the wall Figure 3 is like Figure 2 but with the slid- 7 leaving, between the walls 7 and 3, a feeding door 9 in an elevated position. ing space of sufficient size to convenient- Figure 4: is a side elevation with the cover ly accommodate the neck and head of the removed and used as a tray. fowl. The tendency of the fowl is to hoe Like reference characters indicate like the food with the bill for the purpose of separts throughout the following specification lecting the better particles of food and this and in the drawings, in which 1 indicates a hoeing of the food; is the occasion of great cover member performing a triple function waste in poultry feeding. By the arrangeof covering and providing a slip incline and ment herein, the wall 7 retards the food from also providing a tray. The slip incline is being thrown out by this hoeing process and for the purpose of preventing fowls from the neck 16 catches any food that is drawn roosting on the cover and thereby amongst over the wall 7 and preserves it in the chamother things preventing them from fouling her 4. The cover 1 must first be placed under the food by droppings. The cover 1 is at the hopper and then by the lifting of the an incline of substantially thirty degrees to door 9 the hopper may be emptied into the the horizontal and suflicient so that the feet top 1 and held in the top 1 by the end flange of the fowls will slip thereon so that it can- 13, together with the side flanges 14c, and then not become aresting or roosting place. The by reversing the top 1 the food may be cover 1 is carried by side walls 15 and a back poured from the end opposite the flanges 13 wall 16 and is flanged on three sides, the into the hopper and again used or may be flanges 14 fitting outside the walls 15 and poured into any suitable receptacle and 3 the flange 13 serving as a hook to prevent the carried away. Since the flanges 13 fit over cover from gravitating or sliding from its the sides at both the top and bottom, it will seat. hen the cover is removed and invertbe seen that the emptying of the chamber l ed as shown in Figure 4 it serves as a tray into the cover 1 is without waste as owing to for withdrawing the savings from the bottom this fit there is no side escapement over the 53 of the feeder. Below the cover 1 is an inwalls 14 nor between the walls 14 and the body nor backward as the body serves as a back wall for the tray during the emptying process. Vhen used as a cover, the member 1 extends in the form of an eves or protecting brow over and beyond the wall 7 and even covers the neck of the chamber 4 so that it is impossible for droppings from the fowl to contaminate the food even though the fowl is enabled to maintain itself on the cover 1 for a moment, and furthermore when the fowl jumps, these droppings are a common occurrence; as in such jumping especially to the top of the feeder heretofore no provision has been successfully had to prevent the incident contamination of the food, while the hopper is open for use.

Vhen it is desired to close the feed trough, the door 9 is elevated to the position shown in Figure 3 and the latch 8 turned thereunder so that it serves the dual function of closing both the chamber 4 and the food trough selective at will.

The door 5 is for the purpose of regulating the feed when coarser or very bulky millfeeds or grains are used, and may when not in use be stored in the chamber 4.

Behind the latches 8 are bumpers 17 adapted to prevent the movements of the latch beyond a predetermined position.

Beneath the top of the wall 2 and in vertical alignment with the door 9 is a cleat 12, which serves the dual function of reinforcing and also serves as a handle whereby the device may be carried in one hand as by the bail of a bucket. At the rear are a pair of cleats 10 and 11, the cleat 10 being provided with a pair of keyhole slots 18 for the purpose of hanging the device upon the wall and in which event, especially since almost all coo walls are damp at certain times, the cleats space the feeder from the wall sufliciently so that no trouble is had with the food becoming mouldy or musty by reason of becoming damp from the walls, and provide a free circulation of air between the walls and feeder and prevent a direct contact of the hopper with the wall. These cleats also serve as a reinforcement.

The wall 7 is provided with a ridge 20 to aid in preventing the hoeing out of the feed into the saving chamber at.

lVhile this feeding device is suitable for grain which will work very nicely in this hopper, it is especially adapted for the feeding of mash or millfeeds. lVhen the door 5 is inserted, it is intended that the coarser or very bulky millfeeds or grain be fed through the neck forward of the door, which restricts the hopper area.

Claims:

1. In a poultry feeding device, a box provided with a vertical side wall, a hopper within the box, the base of the hopper depending within the box at an acute angle to the side wall and terminating in an upwardly extending portion at substantially right angles to the depending portion, and a septum within the box forming a side wall of the hopper and extending vertically above the depending portion and spaced apart from the depending portion to form a feeding neck, the hopper provided with an incline extending from the said upwardly extending portion and a sliding septum in alinement with the said vertical septum.

2. In a poultry feeding device, a box having a horizontal base, vertical walls extending upward from the base, a cover member at an acute angle to the rear wall and at an obtuse angle to the front wall, a septum within the box depending from the cover member, a portion of the septum slidably detachable, a hopper, the septum forming one wall for the hopper, a base for the hopper, inclined at an acute angle to the rear wall and provided with an upwardly extending terminal beyond the septum.

3. In a chicken feeder a hopper provided with a tortuous path, and a top so constructed as to form a scoop to receive otherwise wasted feed from said hopper, said tortuous path including a relatively short terminal wall and a strip breaking the continuity of the surface of said wall, said wall being inclined, said feeder having a window opening exposing said path, a closure for said opening, said top forming a closure for said hopper, said last closure having three side walls and an open end whereby it may be fitted under said feeder to receive the contents of the feeder which may be withdrawn therefrom which would otherwise have been wasted.

1. A device as described including a box, a hopper formed therein, a trough directly under the hopper, a chamber under the trough, a closure for-the chamber, said closure forming a deflector to direct feed overflowing from the trough into chamber, and a closure for said box inclined at an angle to prevent roosting thereon.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GREGORY N. EBEL. 

